Toby Walsh wrote:
> I'm stumped. I've recently bought a Gateway system with a P3 500, 128M RAM,
> 13.6 Gb disk, 19" Gateway monitor and a Creative TNT 2 Ultra. I used to run
> Mandrake 5.3 on a laptop with no problems at all, but since trying to
> install Mandrake 6.1 on the new system I have had no end of problems.
>
> At the moment I've managed to get linux running in text mode normally but
> every time I try to run Xwindows the (microsoft natural) keyboard LEDs turn
> off and the keyboard and (microsoft intelli) mouse freeze up. Is there a
> built in feature of linux that I don't know about that refuses to recognise
> microsoft hardware or something more sinister? Running Xconfigurator tells
> me I can run 1600x1200 at 32bpp but the configuration freezes even at
> 640x480 at 8bpp. XF86Setup freezes the mouse and keyboard too. The only way
> out of the freeze is to turn off the computer and reboot. I've tried paring
> down the relevant parts of the XF86Config file to the basics, eg:
>
> Section "Keyboard"
> Protocol "Standard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> EndSection
>
> but it doesn't help. I've tried uninstalling the Mandrake XF86-3.3.5.1 SVGA
> server and installing the RedHat 3.3.5.1 server but that doesn't help
> either. Running:
>
> X -probeonly
>
> says the correct keyboard and mouse values are initialised by the server,
> they just don't work. I'm trying to run KDE by the way.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Toby Walsh
I've got a both a M$ Natural keyboard and a M$ serial mouse, and neither
required any special setup to work. The ONLY catch was that I needed to
configure the mouse without 3 button emulation.
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Joseph S. Gardner
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